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Woe to the conquered.
Better late than never.
Prosperity engenders sloth.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
False shame only is harmful.
From abundance springs satiety.
Haste is blind and improvident.
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
Valor is the soldier's adornment.
Envy is blind. -Caeca invidia est
Adversity makes men remember God.
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
Adversity reminds men of religion.
Temerity is not always successful.
No law is quite appropriate for all.
The sun has not yet set for all time.
Wit is the flower of the imagination.
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
He will have true glory who despises it.
There are laws for peace as well as war.
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
The best known evil is the most tolerable.
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
Passions are generally roused from great conflict.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.